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VEHICLES
(625 ILCS 5/) Illinois Vehicle Code.

625 ILCS 5/3-811

    (625 ILCS 5/3-811) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-811)
    Sec. 3-811. Drive-away and other permits - Fees.
    (a) Dealers may obtain drive-away permits for use as provided in this Code, for a fee of $6 per permit for permits purchased on or before June 30, 2003 and $10 for permits purchased on or after July 1, 2003. For drive-away permits purchased on or after July 1, 2003, $4 of the fee collected for the purchase of each permit shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
    (b) Transporters may obtain one-trip permits for vehicles in transit for use as provided in this Code, for a fee of $6 per permit for permits purchased on or before June 30, 2003 and $10 for permits purchased on or after July 1, 2003. For one-trip permits purchased on or after July 1, 2003, $4 of the fee collected from the purchase of each permit shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
    (c) Non-residents may likewise obtain a drive-away permit from the Secretary of State to export a motor vehicle purchased in Illinois, for a fee of $6 per permit for permits purchased on or before June 30, 2003 and $10 for permits purchased on or after July 1, 2003. For drive-away permits purchased on or after July 1, 2003, $4 of the fee collected for the purchase of each permit shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
    (d) One-trip permits may be obtained for an occasional single trip by a vehicle as provided in this Code, upon payment of a fee of $19.
    (e) One month permits may likewise be obtained for the fees and taxes prescribed in this Code and as promulgated by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 92-680, eff. 7-16-02; 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)

625 ILCS 5/3-812

    (625 ILCS 5/3-812) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-812)
    Sec. 3-812. Vehicles with permanently mounted equipment - registration fees. Vehicles having permanently mounted equipment thereon used exclusively by the owner for the transporting of such permanently mounted equipment and tools and equipment to be used incidentally in the work to be performed with the permanently mounted equipment and provided such vehicle is not used for hire shall be registered upon the filing of a proper application and the payment of a registration fee based upon a rate of $45 per year (or fraction of a year) for each 10,000 pounds (or portion thereof) of the gross weight of such motor vehicle and equipment, according to the following table of fees:
SCHEDULE OF FEES REQUIRED BY LAW
Gross Weight in Lbs.
Including Vehicle andTotal
EquipmentAnnual Fees
10,000 lbs. and less$45
10,001 lbs. to 20,000 lbs.90
20,001 lbs. to 30,000 lbs.135
30,001 lbs. to 40,000 lbs.180
40,001 lbs. to 50,000 lbs.225
50,001 lbs. to 60,000 lbs.270
60,001 lbs. to 70,000 lbs.315
70,001 lbs. to 73,280 lbs.340
73,281 lbs. to 80,000 lbs.385
(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)

625 ILCS 5/3-813

    (625 ILCS 5/3-813) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-813)
    Sec. 3-813. Vehicles of second division - Registration fee. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all owners of vehicles of the second division which are designed, equipped or used for carrying freight, goods, wares, merchandise, or for use as living quarters; and all owners of vehicles of the first division which have been remodelled and are being used for such purposes; and all owners of motor vehicles operated as truck tractors to the weights of which are added to the gross weights of semitrailers with their maximum loads when drawn by such truck tractors; and all owners of vehicles of the second division which are used for carrying more than 10 persons, shall pay to the Secretary of State for each registration year, for the use of the public highways of this State, a registration fee of $10 for each such vehicle, which shall be collected as part of the flat weight tax assessed under Section 3-815 of this Code. A self-propelled vehicle operated as a truck tractor and one semitrailer or a combination of a truck tractor and semitrailer drawing a trailer or a semitrailer converted to a trailer through use of an auxiliary axle or any combination of apportioned vehicles shall be considered as one vehicle in computing the flat weight taxes under Section 3-815.
(Source: P.A. 99-127, eff. 1-1-16.)

625 ILCS 5/3-814

    (625 ILCS 5/3-814) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-814)
    Sec. 3-814. Semitrailer registration fees. Effective with the 1984 registration year to the end of the 1998 registration year, an owner of a semitrailer shall pay to the Secretary of State, for the use of the public highways of this State, a flat weight tax of $60, which includes the registration fee, for a 5 year semitrailer plate.
    Effective with the 1999 registration year an owner of a semitrailer shall pay to the Secretary of State, for the use of the public highways of this State, a one time flat tax of $15, which includes the registration fee, for a permanent non-transferrable semitrailer plate.
    Effective with the 2001 registration year, an owner of a semitrailer shall pay to the Secretary of State, for the use of public highways of this State, a one-time flat tax of $19, which includes the registration fee, for a permanent non-transferrable semitrailer plate.
(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)

625 ILCS 5/3-814.1

    (625 ILCS 5/3-814.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-814.1)
    Sec. 3-814.1. Apportionable trailer and semitrailer fees. Beginning April 1, 1994 through March 31, 1998, an owner of an apportionable trailer or apportionable semitrailer registered under Section 3-402.1 shall pay an annual registration fee of $12 to the Secretary of State.
    Beginning April 1, 1998 through March 31, 2000, an owner of an apportionable trailer or apportionable semitrailer registered under Section 3-402.1 shall pay a one time registration fee of $15 to the Secretary of State for a permanent non-transferrable plate.
    Beginning April 1, 2000, an owner of an apportionable trailer or apportionable semitrailer registered under Section 3-402.1 shall pay a one-time registration fee of $19 to the Secretary of State for a permanent non-transferrable plate.
(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)

625 ILCS 5/3-814.2

    (625 ILCS 5/3-814.2)
    Sec. 3-814.2. Optional registration of converter devices.
    (a) The Secretary of State may provide for optional registration of devices that convert a semitrailer to a trailer and are exempt from vehicle registration requirements. The rules adopted for purposes of this Section may provide for the registration of this category of vehicle or type vehicle. Upon request of an owner, the Secretary of State may issue registration for a vehicle that meets the requirements of rules adopted under this Section. A registration fee for this vehicle may be imposed by rule.
    (b) A vehicle that is registered under this Section is subject to the same provisions, conditions, fees, and other requirements under this Code.
(Source: P.A. 89-710, eff. 2-14-97.)

625 ILCS 5/3-814.3

    (625 ILCS 5/3-814.3)
    Sec. 3-814.3. Registration of fleets of semitrailers or apportionable semitrailers. The Secretary of State may provide for the registration of large fleets of semitrailers or apportionable semitrailers by accepting the appropriate fees and issuing the registration plate or digital registration plate prior to the plate being assigned to a specific vehicle. The registration indexes will be updated on a date predetermined by the Secretary of State. In determining this date, the Secretary of State shall take into consideration the number of vehicles in each fleet.
(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)

625 ILCS 5/3-814.4

    (625 ILCS 5/3-814.4)
    Sec. 3-814.4. Registration of fleet vehicles. The Secretary may issue fleet vehicle registration plates or digital registration plates to owners of vehicle fleets registered in accordance with Section 3-405.3 of this Code in bulk before plates are assigned to specific vehicles. A registration plate or digital registration plate may not be displayed on a vehicle, however, until the plate has been activated on the Secretary's registration file and the proper fee has been forwarded to the Secretary.
(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)

625 ILCS 5/3-815

    (625 ILCS 5/3-815) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-815)
    Sec. 3-815. Flat weight tax; vehicles of the second division.
    (a) Except as provided in Section 3-806.3 and 3-804.3, every owner of a vehicle of the second division registered under Section 3-813, and not registered under the mileage weight tax under Section 3-818, shall pay to the Secretary of State, for each registration year, for the use of the public highways, a flat weight tax at the rates set forth in the following table, the rates including the $10 registration fee:
SCHEDULE OF FLAT WEIGHT TAX
REQUIRED BY LAW
Gross Weight in Lbs.Total Fees
Including Vehicle each Fiscal
and Maximum LoadClass year
8,000 lbs. and lessB$148
8,001 lbs. to 10,000 lbs. C 218
10,001 lbs. to 12,000 lbs.D238
12,001 lbs. to 16,000 lbs.F342
16,001 lbs. to 26,000 lbs.H590
26,001 lbs. to 28,000 lbs.J730
28,001 lbs. to 32,000 lbs.K942
32,001 lbs. to 36,000 lbs.L1,082
36,001 lbs. to 40,000 lbs.N1,302
40,001 lbs. to 45,000 lbs.P1,490
45,001 lbs. to 50,000 lbs.Q1,638
50,001 lbs. to 54,999 lbs.R1,798
55,000 lbs. to 59,500 lbs.S1,930
59,501 lbs. to 64,000 lbs.T2,070
64,001 lbs. to 73,280 lbs.V2,394
73,281 lbs. to 77,000 lbs.X2,722
77,001 lbs. to 80,000 lbs.Z2,890
    Beginning with the 2010 registration year a $1 surcharge shall be collected for vehicles registered in the 8,000 lbs. and less flat weight plate category above to be deposited into the State Police Vehicle Fund.
    Beginning with the 2014 registration year, a $2 surcharge shall be collected in addition to the above fees for vehicles registered in the 8,000 lb. and less flat weight plate category as described in this subsection (a) to be deposited into the Park and Conservation Fund for the Department of Natural Resources to use for conservation efforts. The monies deposited into the Park and Conservation Fund under this Section shall not be subject to administrative charges or chargebacks unless otherwise authorized by this Act.
    Of the fees collected under this subsection, $1 of the fees shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund and $99 of the fees shall be deposited into the Road Fund.
    All of the proceeds of the additional fees imposed by Public Act 96-34 shall be deposited into the Capital Projects Fund.
    (a-1) A Special Hauling Vehicle is a vehicle or combination of vehicles of the second division registered under Section 3-813 transporting asphalt or concrete in the plastic state or a vehicle or combination of vehicles that are subject to the gross weight limitations in subsection (a) of Section 15-111 for which the owner of the vehicle or combination of vehicles has elected to pay, in addition to the registration fee in subsection (a), $125 to the Secretary of State for each registration year. The Secretary shall designate this class of vehicle as a Special Hauling Vehicle.
    (a-5) Beginning January 1, 2015, upon the request of the vehicle owner, a $10 surcharge shall be collected in addition to the above fees for vehicles in the 12,000 lbs. and less flat weight plate categories as described in subsection (a) to be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. The $10 surcharge is to identify vehicles in the 12,000 lbs. and less flat weight plate categories as a covered farm vehicle. The $10 surcharge is an annual, flat fee that shall be based on an applicant's new or existing registration year for each vehicle in the 12,000 lbs. and less flat weight plate categories. A designation as a covered farm vehicle under this subsection (a-5) shall not alter a vehicle's registration as a registration in the 12,000 lbs. or less flat weight category. The Secretary shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this subsection (a-5).
    (a-10) Beginning January 1, 2019, upon the request of the vehicle owner, the Secretary of State shall collect a $10 surcharge in addition to the fees for second division vehicles in the 8,000 lbs. and less flat weight plate category described in subsection (a) that are issued a registration plate under Article VI of this Chapter. The $10 surcharge shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. The $10 surcharge is to identify a vehicle in the 8,000 lbs. and less flat weight plate category as a covered farm vehicle. The $10 surcharge is an annual, flat fee that shall be based on an applicant's new or existing registration year for each vehicle in the 8,000 lbs. and less flat weight plate category. A designation as a covered farm vehicle under this subsection (a-10) shall not alter a vehicle's registration in the 8,000 lbs. or less flat weight category. The Secretary shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this subsection (a-10).
    (b) Except as provided in Section 3-806.3, every camping trailer, motor home, mini motor home, travel trailer, truck camper or van camper used primarily for recreational purposes, and not used commercially, nor for hire, nor owned by a commercial business, may be registered for each registration year upon the filing of a proper application and the payment of a registration fee and highway use tax, according to the following table of fees:
MOTOR HOME, MINI MOTOR HOME, TRUCK CAMPER OR VAN CAMPER
Gross Weight in Lbs.Total Fees
Including Vehicle andEach
Maximum LoadCalendar Year
8,000 lbs and less$78
8,001 Lbs. to 10,000 Lbs90
10,001 Lbs. and Over102
CAMPING TRAILER OR TRAVEL TRAILER
Gross Weight in Lbs.Total Fees
Including Vehicle andEach
Maximum LoadCalendar Year
3,000 Lbs. and Less$18
3,001 Lbs. to 8,000 Lbs.30
8,001 Lbs. to 10,000 Lbs.38
10,001 Lbs. and Over50
    Every house trailer must be registered under Section 3-819.
    (c) Farm Truck. Any truck used exclusively for the owner's own agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising operations and not-for-hire only, or any truck used only in the transportation for-hire of seasonal, fresh, perishable fruit or vegetables from farm to the point of first processing, may be registered by the owner under this paragraph in lieu of registration under paragraph (a), upon filing of a proper application and the payment of the $10 registration fee and the highway use tax herein specified as follows:
SCHEDULE OF FEES AND TAXES
Gross Weight in Lbs.Total Amount for
Including Truck andeach
Maximum LoadClassFiscal Year
16,000 lbs. or lessVF$250
16,001 to 20,000 lbs.VG326
20,001 to 24,000 lbs.VH390
24,001 to 28,000 lbs.VJ478
28,001 to 32,000 lbs.VK606
32,001 to 36,000 lbs.VL710
36,001 to 45,000 lbs.VP910
45,001 to 54,999 lbs.VR1,126
55,000 to 64,000 lbs.VT1,302
64,001 to 73,280 lbs.VV1,390
73,281 to 77,000 lbs.VX1,450
77,001 to 80,000 lbs.VZ1,590
    Of the fees collected under this subsection, $1 of the fees shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund and $99 of the fees shall be deposited into the Road Fund.
    In the event the Secretary of State revokes a farm truck registration as authorized by law, the owner shall pay the flat weight tax due hereunder before operating such truck.
    Any combination of vehicles having 5 axles, with a distance of 42 feet or less between extreme axles, that are subject to the weight limitations in subsection (a) of Section 15-111 for which the owner of the combination of vehicles has elected to pay, in addition to the registration fee in subsection (c), $125 to the Secretary of State for each registration year shall be designated by the Secretary as a Special Hauling Vehicle.
    (d) The number of axles necessary to carry the maximum load provided shall be determined from Chapter 15 of this Code.
    (e) An owner may only apply for and receive 5 farm truck registrations, and only 2 of those 5 vehicles shall exceed 59,500 gross weight in pounds per vehicle.
    (f) Every person convicted of violating this Section by failure to pay the appropriate flat weight tax to the Secretary of State as set forth in the above tables shall be punished as provided for in Section 3-401.
(Source: P.A. 100-734, eff. 1-1-19; 100-956, eff. 1-1-19; 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)

625 ILCS 5/3-815.1

    (625 ILCS 5/3-815.1)
    Sec. 3-815.1. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-20.)

625 ILCS 5/3-816

    (625 ILCS 5/3-816) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-816)
    Sec. 3-816. Installment Payments.
    (a) The flat weight tax required to be paid by Section 3-815 for any vehicles on a calendar year basis may be paid if the owner so elects, in equal semi-annual installments due on January 1 and July 1 of each licensing year. Effective with the 1984 registration year the owners of semitrailers registered under Section 3-814 shall have the option of paying the designated fees to the Secretary in the following manner:
    If registered in the first year the owner shall have the option of paying $30 the first year and the remaining $30 by the start of the second year;
    If registered in the second year the owner shall have the option of paying $24 the first year and the remaining $24 by the start of the third year;
    If registered in the third year the owner shall pay $36 for each semitrailer;
    If registered in the fourth year the owner shall pay $24 for each semitrailer; and
    If registered in the fifth year the owner shall pay $12 for each semitrailer.
Every such owner who elects to pay such tax in such installments shall file with the Secretary of State a surety bond or certificate of deposit, as hereinafter provided, in the amount of the sum of the second installment of taxes on his vehicle.
    Such bond shall be in the form approved by the Secretary of State and with a surety company approved by the Department of Insurance to transact business in this State, as surety, and shall be conditioned upon such owner's paying to the State of Illinois all monies becoming due by reason of his operation of the second division motor vehicle in this State, together with all penalties and interest thereon.
    The State Treasurer shall issue a certificate of deposit to any such owner who deposits with the State Treasurer securities of the Federal Government or the State of Illinois endorsed in blank by such owner, or a certificate of deposit issued by any bank or savings and loan association authorized to do business in Illinois, payable to the Secretary of State on or after July 1 of the year of registration. Such certificate of deposit and securities shall be approved by and deposited with the State Treasurer, and shall have a current market value in the total amount which would cover all monies becoming due and payable to the State of Illinois by reason of his operation of a second division motor vehicle in this State, together with all penalties and interest thereon.
    The liability of the surety hereunder shall be absolute and upon notice from the Secretary of State that the second installment has not been paid on July 1 of any licensing year the surety shall immediately pay the second installment to the Secretary of State.
    Upon notice by the Secretary of State that the second installment of such owner's taxes has not been paid on July 1 of any licensing year, the State Treasurer shall sell such securities and deliver the proceeds thereof to the Secretary of State to satisfy all monies becoming due by reason of such owner's operation of a second division motor vehicle in this State, together with all penalties and interest thereon.
    If the owner's liability for the second installment is evidenced by a certificate of deposit payable to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall, upon failure of the owner to pay the second installment by July 1, endorse the certificate of deposit which is in the custody of the State Treasurer, and thereafter the State Treasurer shall present the certificate of deposit for payment to the proper bank or savings and loan association. Upon receipt of payment, the State Treasurer shall forward to the Secretary of State all monies due by reason of such owner's operation of a second division motor vehicle in this State, and return the excess, if any, to the owner on whose behalf the certificate of deposit was previously deposited.
    The State Treasurer shall return securities or proceeds in excess of that needed to satisfy the Secretary of State for all monies becoming due by reason of such owner's operation of a second division motor vehicle in this State, together with all penalties and interest thereon. Upon notice by the Secretary of State that the second installment has been paid, the State Treasurer shall return such certificate of deposit or securities deposited with him under this Section to the owner thereof.
    (b) The flat weight tax required by Section 3-815 to be paid on a fiscal year basis may be paid, if the owner so elects, in equal semi-annual installments due on July 1st and January 1st of each registration year. From July 1, 1983 through November 30, 1983, the flat weight tax required by Section 3-814 for semitrailers previously registered on a fiscal year basis may be paid, if the owner so elects, by paying the Secretary of State $33 at the time of registration and the remaining $25 by January 1, 1985 for each 5 1/2 year semitrailer plate. Every such owner who elects to pay such tax in such installments shall file with the Secretary of State a surety bond or certificate of deposit, as hereinafter provided, in the amount of the sum of the second installment of taxes on his vehicle.
    Such bond shall be in the form approved by the Secretary of State and with a surety company approved by the Department of Insurance to transact business in this State, as surety, and shall be conditioned upon such owner's paying to the State of Illinois all monies becoming due by reason of his operation of the second division motor vehicle in this State, together with all penalties and interest thereon.
    The liability of the surety hereunder shall be absolute and upon notice from the Secretary of State that the second installment has not been paid on January 1st of any registration year the surety shall immediately pay the second installment to the Secretary of State.
    Upon notice by the Secretary of State that the second installment of such owner's taxes has not been paid on January 1st of any registration year, the State Treasurer shall sell such securities and deliver the proceeds thereof to the Secretary of State to satisfy all monies becoming due by reason of such owner's operation of a second division motor vehicle in this State, together with all penalties and interest thereon.
    If the owner's liability for the second installment is evidenced by a certificate of deposit payable to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall, upon failure of the owner to pay the second installment by January 1st, endorse the certificate of deposit which is in the custody of the State Treasurer, and thereafter the State Treasurer shall present the certificate of deposit for payment to the proper bank or savings and loan association. Upon receipt of payment, the State Treasurer shall forward to the Secretary of State all monies due by reason of such owner's operation of a second division motor vehicle in this State, and return the excess, if any, to the owner on whose behalf the certificate of deposit was previously deposited.
    The State Treasurer shall return securities or proceeds in excess of that needed to satisfy the Secretary of State for all monies becoming due by reason of such owner's operation of a second division motor vehicle in this State, together with all penalties and interest thereon. Upon notice by the Secretary of State that the second installment has been paid, the State Treasurer shall return such certificate of deposit or securities deposited with him under this Section to the owner thereof.
    (c) The flat weight tax required under Section 3-815 for vehicles registered in accordance with Section 3-402.1 may be paid, if the owner elects, in equal semi-annual installments due on April 1 and October 1 of each licensing year.
    (d) In the event any surety pays for any second installment under this Section, the surety shall have recourse only against the principal and owner of the vehicles involved and shall have no right or privilege to demand revocation or suspension of the registration plates or registration stickers of the vehicles involved. Such surety may, however, impress a lien as provided in Section 3-828.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

625 ILCS 5/3-818

    (625 ILCS 5/3-818) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-818)
    Sec. 3-818. Mileage weight tax option.
    (a) Any owner of a vehicle of the second division may elect to pay a mileage weight tax for such vehicle in lieu of the flat weight tax set out in Section 3-815. Such election shall be binding to the end of the registration year. Renewal of this election must be filed with the Secretary of State on or before July 1 of each registration period. In such event the owner shall, at the time of making such election, pay the $10 registration fee and the minimum guaranteed mileage weight tax, as hereinafter provided, which payment shall permit the owner to operate that vehicle the maximum mileage in this State hereinafter set forth. Any vehicle being operated on mileage plates cannot be operated outside of this State. In addition thereto, the owner of that vehicle shall pay a mileage weight tax at the following rates for each mile traveled in this State in excess of the maximum mileage provided under the minimum guaranteed basis:
BUS, TRUCK OR TRUCK TRACTOR

MaximumMileage

MinimumMileageWeight Tax

GuaranteedPermittedfor Mileage
Gross WeightMileageUnderin excess of
Vehicle andWeightGuaranteedGuaranteed
LoadClassTaxTaxMileage
12,000 lbs. or lessMD$1735,00026 Mills
12,001 to 16,000 lbs.MF2206,00034 Mills
16,001 to 20,000 lbs.MG2806,00046 Mills
20,001 to 24,000 lbs.MH3356,00063 Mills
24,001 to 28,000 lbs.MJ4157,00063 Mills
28,001 to 32,000 lbs.MK4857,00083 Mills
32,001 to 36,000 lbs.ML5857,00099 Mills
36,001 to 40,000 lbs.MN7157,000128 Mills
40,001 to 45,000 lbs.MP7957,000139 Mills
45,001 to 54,999 lbs.MR9537,000156 Mills
55,000 to 59,500 lbs.MS1,0207,000178 Mills
59,501 to 64,000 lbs.MT1,0857,000195 Mills
64,001 to 73,280 lbs.
MV1,2737,000225 Mills
73,281 to 77,000 lbs.
MX1,4287,000258 Mills
77,001 to 80,000 lbs.
MZ1,5157,000275 Mills
TRAILER

MaximumMileage

MinimumMileageWeight Tax

GuaranteedPermittedfor Mileage
Gross WeightMileageUnderin excess of
Vehicle andWeightGuaranteedGuaranteed
LoadClassTaxTaxMileage
14,000 lbs. or lessME$1755,00031 Mills
14,001 to 20,000 lbs.MF2356,00036 Mills
20,001 to 36,000 lbs.ML6407,000103 Mills
36,001 to 40,000 lbs.MM8507,000150 Mills
    Of the fees collected under this subsection, $1 of the fees shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund and $99 of the fees shall be deposited into the Road Fund.
    (a-1) A Special Hauling Vehicle is a vehicle or combination of vehicles of the second division registered under Section 3-813 transporting asphalt or concrete in the plastic state or a vehicle or combination of vehicles that are subject to the gross weight limitations in subsection (a) of Section 15-111 for which the owner of the vehicle or combination of vehicles has elected to pay, in addition to the registration fee in subsection (a), $125 to the Secretary of State for each registration year. The Secretary shall designate this class of vehicle as a Special Hauling Vehicle.
    In preparing rate schedules on registration applications, the Secretary of State shall add to the above rates, the $10 registration fee. The Secretary may decline to accept any renewal filed after July 1st.
    The number of axles necessary to carry the maximum load provided shall be determined from Chapter 15 of this Code.
    Every owner of a second division motor vehicle for which he has elected to pay a mileage weight tax shall keep a daily record upon forms prescribed by the Secretary of State, showing the mileage covered by that vehicle in this State. Such record shall contain the license number of the vehicle and the miles traveled by the vehicle in this State for each day of the calendar month. Such owner shall also maintain records of fuel consumed by each such motor vehicle and fuel purchases therefor. On or before the 10th day of July the owner shall certify to the Secretary of State upon forms prescribed therefor, summaries of his daily records which shall show the miles traveled by the vehicle in this State during the preceding 12 months and such other information as the Secretary of State may require. The daily record and fuel records shall be filed, preserved and available for audit for a period of 3 years. Any owner filing a return hereunder shall certify that such return is a true, correct and complete return. Any person who willfully makes a false return hereunder is guilty of perjury and shall be punished in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided therefor.
    At the time of filing his return, each owner shall pay to the Secretary of State the proper amount of tax at the rate herein imposed.
    Every owner of a vehicle of the second division who elects to pay on a mileage weight tax basis and who operates the vehicle within this State, shall file with the Secretary of State a bond in the amount of $500. The bond shall be in a form approved by the Secretary of State and with a surety company approved by the Illinois Department of Insurance to transact business in this State as surety, and shall be conditioned upon such applicant's paying to the State of Illinois all money becoming due by reason of the operation of the second division vehicle in this State, together with all penalties and interest thereon.
    Upon notice from the Secretary that the registrant has failed to pay the excess mileage fees, the surety shall immediately pay the fees together with any penalties and interest thereon in an amount not to exceed the limits of the bond.
    (b) Beginning January 1, 2016, upon the request of the vehicle owner, a $10 surcharge shall be collected in addition to the above fees for vehicles in the 12,000 lbs. and less mileage weight plate category as described in subsection (a) to be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. The $10 surcharge is to identify vehicles in the 12,000 lbs. and less mileage weight plate category as a covered farm vehicle. The $10 surcharge is an annual flat fee that shall be based on an applicant's new or existing registration year for each vehicle in the 12,000 lbs. and less mileage weight plate category. A designation as a covered farm vehicle under this subsection (b) shall not alter a vehicle's registration as a registration in the 12,000 lbs. or less mileage weight category. The Secretary shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this subsection (b).
(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19.)

625 ILCS 5/3-819

    (625 ILCS 5/3-819) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-819)
    Sec. 3-819. Trailer; tax.
    (a) Farm Trailer. Any farm trailer drawn by a motor vehicle of the second division registered under paragraph (a) or (c) of Section 3-815 and used exclusively by the owner for his own agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising operations and not used for hire, or any farm trailer utilized only in the transportation for-hire of seasonal, fresh, perishable fruit or vegetables from farm to the point of first processing, and any trailer used with a farm tractor that is not an implement of husbandry may be registered under this paragraph in lieu of registration under paragraph (b) of this Section upon the filing of a proper application and the payment of the $10 registration fee and the highway use tax herein for use of the public highways of this State, at the following rates which include the $10 registration fee:
SCHEDULE OF FEES AND TAXES
Gross Weight in Lbs.ClassTotal Amount
Including Vehicleeach
and Maximum LoadFiscal Year
10,000 lbs. or lessVDD $160
10,001 to 14,000 lbs.VDE206
14,001 to 20,000 lbs.VDG266
20,001 to 28,000 lbs.VDJ478
28,001 to 36,000 lbs.VDL750
    An owner may only apply for and receive 2 farm trailer registrations.
    (b) All other owners of trailers, other than apportionable trailers registered under Section 3-402.1 of this Code, used with a motor vehicle on the public highways, shall pay to the Secretary of State for each registration year a flat weight tax, for the use of the public highways of this State, at the following rates (which includes the registration fee of $10 required by Section 3-813):
SCHEDULE OF TRAILER FLAT
WEIGHT TAX REQUIRED
BY LAW
Gross Weight in Lbs.Total Fees
Including Vehicle andeach
Maximum LoadClassFiscal Year
2,000 lbs. and less UT $36
3,000 lbs. and lessTA$36
5,000 lbs. and more than 3,000TB154
8,000 lbs. and more than 5,000TC158
10,000 lbs. and more than 8,000TD206
14,000 lbs. and more than 10,000TE270
20,000 lbs. and more than 14,000TG358
32,000 lbs. and more than 20,000TK822
36,000 lbs. and more than 32,000TL1,182
40,000 lbs. and more than 36,000TN1,602
    Of the fees collected under this subsection, other than the fee collected for a Class UT or TA trailer, $1 of the fees shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund and $99 of the fees shall be deposited into the Road Fund.
    (c) The number of axles necessary to carry the maximum load provided shall be determined from Chapter 15 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; 102-353, eff. 1-1-22.)

625 ILCS 5/3-820

    (625 ILCS 5/3-820) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-820)
    Sec. 3-820. Duplicate Number Plates. Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State an affidavit to the effect that an original number plate for a vehicle is lost, stolen or destroyed, a duplicate number plate shall be furnished upon payment of a fee of $6 for each duplicate plate and a fee of $9 for a pair of duplicate plates.
    Upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State an affidavit to the effect that an original registration sticker or digital registration sticker for a vehicle is lost, stolen or destroyed, a new registration sticker or digital registration sticker shall be furnished upon payment of a fee of $5 for registration stickers or digital registration stickers issued on or before February 28, 2005 and $20 for registration stickers or digital registration stickers issued on or after March 1, 2005.
    The Secretary of State may, in his discretion, assign a new number plate or plates in lieu of a duplicate of the plate or plates so lost, stolen or destroyed, but such assignment of a new plate or plates shall not affect the right of the owner to secure a reassignment of his original registration number in the manner provided in this Act. The fee for one new number plate shall be $6, and for a pair of new number plates, $9.
    For the administration of this Section, the Secretary shall consider the loss of a registration plate or digital registration plate or plates with properly affixed registration stickers or digital registration stickers as requiring the payment of:
        (i) $11 for each duplicate issued on or before
    
February 28, 2005 and $26 for each duplicate issued on or after March 1, 2005; or
        (ii) $14 for a pair of duplicate plates issued on or
    
before February 28, 2005 and $29 for a pair of duplicate plates issued on or after March 1, 2005.
(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)

625 ILCS 5/3-821

    (625 ILCS 5/3-821) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-821)
    Sec. 3-821. Miscellaneous registration and title fees.
    (a) Except as provided under subsection (h), the fee to be paid to the Secretary of State for the following certificates, registrations or evidences of proper registration, or for corrected or duplicate documents shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
    Certificate of Title, except for an all-terrain
vehicle, off-highway motorcycle, or motor home, mini
motor home or van camper $165
    Certificate of Title for a motor home, mini motor home, or van camper $250
    Certificate of Title for an all-terrain vehicle
or off-highway motorcycle$30
    Certificate of Title for an all-terrain vehicle
or off-highway motorcycle used for production
agriculture, or accepted by a dealer in trade$13
    Certificate of Title for a low-speed vehicle$30
    Transfer of Registration or any evidence of
proper registration $25
    Duplicate Registration Card for plates or other
evidence of proper registration$3
    Duplicate Registration Sticker or Stickers, each$20
    Duplicate Certificate of Title $50
    Corrected Registration Card or Card for other
evidence of proper registration$3
    Corrected Certificate of Title$50
    Salvage Certificate $20
    Fleet Reciprocity Permit$15
    Prorate Decal$1
    Prorate Backing Plate$3
    Special Corrected Certificate of Title$15
    Expedited Title Service (to be charged in addition to other applicable fees)$30
    Dealer Lien Release Certificate of Title$20
    A special corrected certificate of title shall be issued (i) to remove a co-owner's name due to the death of the co-owner, to transfer title to a spouse if the decedent-spouse was the sole owner on the title, or due to a divorce; (ii) to change a co-owner's name due to a marriage; or (iii) due to a name change under Article XXI of the Code of Civil Procedure.
    There shall be no fee paid for a Junking Certificate.
    There shall be no fee paid for a certificate of title issued to a county when the vehicle is forfeited to the county under Article 36 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
    For purposes of this Section, the fee for a corrected title application that also results in the issuance of a duplicate title shall be the same as the fee for a duplicate title.
    (a-5) The Secretary of State may revoke a certificate of title and registration card and issue a corrected certificate of title and registration card, at no fee to the vehicle owner or lienholder, if there is proof that the vehicle identification number is erroneously shown on the original certificate of title.
    (a-10) The Secretary of State may issue, in connection with the sale of a motor vehicle, a corrected title to a motor vehicle dealer upon application and submittal of a lien release letter from the lienholder listed in the files of the Secretary. In the case of a title issued by another state, the dealer must submit proof from the state that issued the last title. The corrected title, which shall be known as a dealer lien release certificate of title, shall be issued in the name of the vehicle owner without the named lienholder. If the motor vehicle is currently titled in a state other than Illinois, the applicant must submit either (i) a letter from the current lienholder releasing the lien and stating that the lienholder has possession of the title; or (ii) a letter from the current lienholder releasing the lien and a copy of the records of the department of motor vehicles for the state in which the vehicle is titled, showing that the vehicle is titled in the name of the applicant and that no liens are recorded other than the lien for which a release has been submitted. The fee for the dealer lien release certificate of title is $20.
    (b) The Secretary may prescribe the maximum service charge to be imposed upon an applicant for renewal of a registration by any person authorized by law to receive and remit or transmit to the Secretary such renewal application and fees therewith.
    (c) If payment is delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State as payment of any fee or tax under this Code, and such payment is not honored for any reason, the registrant or other person tendering the payment remains liable for the payment of such fee or tax. The Secretary of State may assess a service charge of $25 in addition to the fee or tax due and owing for all dishonored payments.
    If the total amount then due and owing exceeds the sum of $100 and has not been paid in full within 60 days from the date the dishonored payment was first delivered to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall assess a penalty of 25% of such amount remaining unpaid.
    All amounts payable under this Section shall be computed to the nearest dollar. Out of each fee collected for dishonored payments, $5 shall be deposited in the Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
    (d) The minimum fee and tax to be paid by any applicant for apportionment of a fleet of vehicles under this Code shall be $15 if the application was filed on or before the date specified by the Secretary together with fees and taxes due. If an application and the fees or taxes due are filed after the date specified by the Secretary, the Secretary may prescribe the payment of interest at the rate of 1/2 of 1% per month or fraction thereof after such due date and a minimum of $8.
    (e) Trucks, truck tractors, truck tractors with loads, and motor buses, any one of which having a combined total weight in excess of 12,000 lbs. shall file an application for a Fleet Reciprocity Permit issued by the Secretary of State. This permit shall be in the possession of any driver operating a vehicle on Illinois highways. Any foreign licensed vehicle of the second division operating at any time in Illinois without a Fleet Reciprocity Permit or other proper Illinois registration, shall subject the operator to the penalties provided in Section 3-834 of this Code. For the purposes of this Code, "Fleet Reciprocity Permit" means any second division motor vehicle with a foreign license and used only in interstate transportation of goods. The fee for such permit shall be $15 per fleet which shall include all vehicles of the fleet being registered.
    (f) For purposes of this Section, "all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle used for production agriculture" means any all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle used in the raising of or the propagation of livestock, crops for sale for human consumption, crops for livestock consumption, and production seed stock grown for the propagation of feed grains and the husbandry of animals or for the purpose of providing a food product, including the husbandry of blood stock as a main source of providing a food product. "All-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle used in production agriculture" also means any all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle used in animal husbandry, floriculture, aquaculture, horticulture, and viticulture.
    (g) All of the proceeds of the additional fees imposed by Public Act 96-34 shall be deposited into the Capital Projects Fund.
    (h) The fee for a duplicate registration sticker or stickers shall be the amount required under subsection (a) or the vehicle's annual registration fee amount, whichever is less.
    (i) All of the proceeds of (1) the additional fees imposed by Public Act 101-32, and (2) the $5 additional fee imposed by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle other than an all-terrain vehicle, off-highway motorcycle, or motor home, mini motor home, or van camper shall be deposited into the Road Fund.
    (j) Beginning July 1, 2023, the $10 additional fee imposed by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly for a Certificate of Title shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
(Source: P.A. 102-353, eff. 1-1-22; 103-8, eff. 7-1-23.)

625 ILCS 5/3-821.1

    (625 ILCS 5/3-821.1)
    Sec. 3-821.1. Fees for record searches. The fee to be paid to the Secretary of State by any towing service requesting a record search shall be in the amount the Secretary of State prescribes by rule.
(Source: P.A. 89-433, eff. 12-15-95.)

625 ILCS 5/3-821.2

    (625 ILCS 5/3-821.2)
    Sec. 3-821.2. Delinquent registration renewal fee.
    (a) For registration renewal periods beginning on or after January 1, 2005, the Secretary of State may impose a delinquent registration renewal fee of $20 for the registration renewal of all passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds if the application for registration renewal is received by the Secretary more than one month after the expiration of the most recent period during which the vehicle was registered. If a delinquent registration renewal fee is imposed, the Secretary shall not renew the registration of such a vehicle until the delinquent registration renewal fee has been paid, in addition to any other registration fees owed for the vehicle. Active duty military personnel stationed outside of Illinois shall not be required to pay the delinquent registration renewal fee. If a delinquent registration renewal fee is imposed, the Secretary shall adopt rules for the implementation of this Section. All fees collected under this Section shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall not impose a delinquent registration renewal fee for the registration renewal of passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds if a vehicle's registration expires during a period of time in which the Secretary is not sending registration renewal notices to owners of all of those vehicles with registration expiring at the same time as the applicable vehicle. It shall be an affirmative defense to a citation for an expired registration issued by any local, county, municipal, or State law enforcement agency within one month after the expiration of vehicle registration, that the expiration occurred during a period of time in which the Secretary was not sending registration renewal notices to owners of all passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds with registration expiring at the same time as the applicable vehicle. A computer print-out of a page from the Secretary of State's official website setting forth the calendar months in which registration renewal notices were not sent to all owners of passenger vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds shall be admissible as evidence to establish the affirmative defense. The computer print-out shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the information contained in it. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly apply only to vehicle registrations that expire on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.
    The provisions of this subsection (b), other than this sentence, are inoperative on and after June 30, 2017.
(Source: P.A. 99-127, eff. 1-1-16; 99-887, eff. 8-25-16.)

625 ILCS 5/3-822

    (625 ILCS 5/3-822)
    Sec. 3-822. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 76-1586. Repealed by P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06.)

625 ILCS 5/3-824

    (625 ILCS 5/3-824) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-824)
    Sec. 3-824. When fees returnable.
    (a) Whenever any application to the Secretary of State is accompanied by any fee as required by law and such application is refused or rejected, said fee shall be returned to said applicant.
    (b) Whenever the Secretary of State collects any fee not required to be paid under the provisions of this Act, the same shall be refunded to the person paying the same upon application therefor made within 6 months after the date of such payment, except as follows: (1) whenever a refund is determined to be due and owing as a result of an audit, by this State or any other state or province, in accordance with Section 2-124 of this Code, of a prorate or apportion license fee payment pursuant to any reciprocal compact or agreement between this State and any other state or province, and the Secretary for any reason fails to promptly make such refund, the licensee shall have one year from the date of the notification of the audit result to file, with the Secretary, an application for refund found to be due and owing as a result of such audit; and (2) whenever a person eligible for a reduced registration fee pursuant to Section 3-806.3 of this Code has paid in excess of the reduced registration fee owed, the refund applicant shall have 2 years from the date of overpayment to apply with the Secretary for a refund of that part of payment made in excess of the established reduced registration fee.
    (c) Whenever a person dies after making application for registration, application for a refund of the registration fees and taxes may be made if the vehicle is then sold or disposed of so that the registration plates or digital registration plates, registration sticker or digital registration sticker and card are never used. The Secretary of State shall refund the registration fees and taxes upon receipt within 6 months after the application for registration of an application for refund accompanied with the unused registration plates or digital registration plates or registration sticker or digital registration sticker and card and proof of both the death of the applicant and the sale or disposition of the vehicle.
    (d) Any application for refund received after the times specified in this Section shall be denied and the applicant in order to receive a refund must apply to the Court of Claims.
    (d-5) Refunds may be granted for any title-related transaction if a title application has not been processed by the Secretary of State. If any application for a certificate of title under Section 3-104 or salvage title under Section 3-118 is verified by the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), and receives a warning or error from the NMVTIS reporting that the vehicle requires either a salvage certificate or a junk certificate in lieu of the original applied certificate of title or salvage title, then the applicant shall have 6 months to apply for a refund of cost, or the difference of the certificate of title or salvage certificate.
    (e) The Secretary of State is authorized to maintain a two signature revolving checking account with a suitable commercial bank for the purpose of depositing and withdrawal-for-return those monies received and determined upon receipt to be in excess of the amount or amounts required by law.
    (f) Refunds on audits performed by Illinois or another member of the International Registration Plan shall be made in accordance with the procedures as set forth in the agreement.
(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)

625 ILCS 5/3-824.5

    (625 ILCS 5/3-824.5)
    Sec. 3-824.5. Applicability of fee and tax increases. The fee and tax increases in this Code made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly that apply to registrations apply to registration year 2001 and thereafter. The registration fees and taxes in existence on the day prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly apply throughout registration year 2000. All other fee and tax increases in this Code made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly shall apply beginning January 1, 2000 and thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 91-37, eff. 7-1-99.)

625 ILCS 5/3-825

    (625 ILCS 5/3-825) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-825)
    Sec. 3-825. Certificate of Safety.
    Every application for registration of a motor vehicle which is subject to vehicle inspection may be accompanied by proof that a valid and unrevoked Certificate of Safety has been issued for each such vehicle. The Secretary of State may at his discretion decline to register any such vehicle unless the application is accompanied with such proof.
(Source: P.A. 76-1997.)